Simplifies application-aware data management for Kubernetes
NetApp Astra helps organisations securely manage their data as a single, connected experience
Global cloud-led, data centric software company NetApp announced the general availability of NetApp Astra (formerly known as Project Astra), a fully managed application-aware data management service built for Kubernetes workloads.
NetApp Astra allows organisations to protect, recover, and move applications deployed on Kubernetes with no software to download, install, manage, or upgrade, thus enabling them to focus on developing and scaling their applications – not on managing infrastructure.
NetApp Public Cloud Services Product Management Vice President Eric Han said backup, cloning, disaster recovery, data lifecycle operations, data optimisation, compliance, and security are all critical to any organisation.
Application development
“Taken together, these challenges increase complexity. That’s directly at odds with Kubernetes’ goal of simpler, faster and more flexible application development and deployment – a vision that NetApp Astra will help to realise,” said Eric Han.
SAP Chief Architect Rushi NS said he applauds NetApp’s goal of providing application-aware data management for Kubernetes.
“Astra will make it dramatically easier to manage, protect, and move data-rich Kubernetes workloads across public clouds and on-premises. I look forward to collaborating with NetApp as they continue to develop Astra,” said Rushi NS.
NetApp Astra
With NetApp Astra, NetApp extends its industry-leading data management services into the Kubernetes ecosystem, helping organisations manage cloud-native applications and legacy workloads with key capabilities including:
- Data protection with snapshots. Teams can take snapshots for local data protection. If the data is accidentally deleted or corrupted, the applications and associated data can be reverted to a previously recorded snapshot in the same Kubernetes cluster.
- Disaster/data recovery with remote backups. Teams can also take a full application-aware backup of an application and state. The backup can be used to restore the application with its data to a different Kubernetes cluster in the same or a different region to address data recovery use cases.
- Simplified application portability and migration with active clones. Entire applications, along with their data, can be moved from one Kubernetes cluster to another, no matter where the clusters are located.
Currently supporting Google Cloud, NetApp Astra will soon support Microsoft Azure and AWS public cloud environments, as well as on-prem.
Data-centric company
NetApp is a global cloud-led, data-centric software company that empowers organisations to lead with data in the age of accelerated digital transformation.
The company provides systems, software, and cloud services that enable them to run their applications optimally from the data centre to the cloud, whether they are developing in the cloud, moving to the cloud, or creating their own cloudlike experiences on-premises.
With solutions that perform across diverse environments, NetApp helps organisations build their own data fabric and securely deliver the right data, services, and applications to the right people—anytime, anywhere.
